MAN FROM THE FARTHEST PAST 
The examination of the human bones was begun on 
the spot by Klaatsch and continued after the removal of 
the remains to Germany, resulting in the following con- 
clusions by this author: 
The skeleton belongs to an adolescent of perhaps six- 
teen years of age and probably of the male sex. The 
height of the boy, as estimated from the long bones, was 
probably 1.45 to 1.50 meters (4 feet g inches to 4 feet 
II inches). 
The skull, notwithstanding the youth of the subject, 
shows a number of characteristics which are peculiar to 
the Neanderthal group. While of good size, with the 
bones of the vault only moderately thick and of fair 
height, it shows nevertheless a rather low and sloping 
forehead; a well-marked complete supraorbital arch, or 
torus, which later in life would doubtless have become 
much more prominent; relatively large dental arches, 
with decidedly large and somewhat primitive teeth; a 
massive lower jaw with no chin eminence; and other 
interesting features (Plate 39 B). 
The long bones and others, as far as preserved, possess 
numerous primitive characteristics. Especially notice- 
able among these are the relatively large extremities, 
particularly the head of the femur; a strong development 
of the external condyle of the femur; the peculiar arching 
of the femur; and the very marked curvature of the 
radius. Klaatsch reached the conclusion that the skeleton 
belongs undoubtedly to the Homo neanderthalensis variety 
of early European man. 
THE GALILEE SKULL 
In 1925 the British School of Archeology in Jerusalem 
decided upon the exploration of certain caves in Galilee, 
and the work was intrusted to Mr. F. Turville-Petre, 
who during a previous season had made a preliminary 
survey of the area. The main site explored by Mr. Petre 
during the year was what is now often referred to as the 
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